Schedule/Timeline

2024

June 1 (12:01 AM) Registration opens 

After 1 week of open registration:  Registration fee increases.

July 27 (9 AM) Training Run starting at Skulls Gap 

August 10 (9 AM) Training Run starting in Damascus (at the race start)

August 19 (12:01 AM) Registration closes (runners may still be moved off of the wait list.)

August 24 (8 AM) [Tentative] Course Marking.  Initially meet at Skulls Gap.

August 30 (5-8 PM) Packet Pick-up at the Damascus Gazebo (race start/finish). 

August 31- Race Day!

5:30-6:30 AM Packet pickup at Race Start/Finish

6:45 AM Race brief.  

7:00 AM- 50 & 40 Mile Race starts

7:30 AM- 30 Mile Race starts

8:00 AM- 16 Mile Race starts

Please see the Cut Offs/Time Limits page for time limits on the course.

9:52:06 AM Record 16 mile finish (2010- time adjusted for new start time)

11:16:01 AM Record 30 mile finish (2012- time adjusted for new start time)

11:30 AM Cookout starts

1:10:12 PM Record 40 mile finish (2023)

2:04:05 PM Record 50 mile finish (2017)

4:00 PM Time limit for 16 mile event

5:30 PM Time limit for 30 mile event

7:00 PM Time limit for 40 & 50 mile event (Cookout ends, finish site clean up, etc)

September 1 & 2 Course sweep

Week of September 1-7: Race admin (After action report to US Forest Service, USATF, etc).  

Results will be posted as soon as possible (course cleanup and after action reports are the priority- if these are not done, future races may be at risk).  Emailing the RD to ask about the results slows down the process.